ADJ announces that the new AV3 Video Panel is now shipping. Offering a tight pixel pitch of 3.91mm (0.25”) as well as bright output and high color contrast, the AV3 is designed for viewing close-up. The price point is set to open LED video walls up to installations and productions, which previously would have been out of budget.

Inheriting many traits of ADJ’s AV6 panel, the AV3 boosts brightness to 1000 NITs and a wide viewing angle of 120-degrees, both horizontally and vertically. The AV3 is designed for a wide variety of applications including churches, leisure venues, conferences, and concerts.Powered by bright 3-in-1 SMD2121 LEDs, each panel has a pixel density of 128 x 128, which is equivalent to 65,536 per square meter. This makes for a minimum viewing distance of 13ft (4m), compared to the original AV6’s 20ft (6m). Therefore, the AV3 is suited to applications where the audience will likely view the panels from a closer distance.

As with the AV6, each AV3 panel is divided down into four mini modular panels for serviceability. In the event of an outage, only one of the four mini modules needs to be replaced and returned for repair, not the whole panel. The AV3 is also fitted with a retractable handle, designed to make carrying panels easier.

Any number of AV3 panels can be linked together to provide continuous video displays of any size and shape. As with the AV6, quick-locking connectors on the top edge and left side of each panel secure to matching holes on the bottom and right side of adjacent panels, allowing multiple AV3s to be joined together.

Mounting points at each corner of the panels allow for permanent installation or the AV3RB1 Rigging Bar can be purchased separately to connect the top row of panels on a screen to allow it to be hung from event rigging. According to the manufacturer, AV3RB1 has a maximum load capacity of 15 panels in a single vertical hang.

The AV3 has a maximum power consumption of 170W per panel and an average consumption of 70W per panel. Each panel is fitted with professional PowerCon input and output sockets allowing the power supply for multiple panels to be linked together. Locking EtherCon input and output sockets are also provided for each panel, allowing the signal data to also daisy-chain across each panel that makes up a larger screen.

A Novastar receiving card fitted into each panel handles the processing of the incoming video data. A choice of two Novastar processors are then available, sold separately, which allow a standard video signal to be scaled across any configuration of AV3 panels and transmitted to the screens via Ethernet. The compact Novastar MCRL300 features a DVI video input and offers two RJ45 outputs capable of driving up to 1.3 million pixels (up to 79 AV3 panels). Alternatively, the larger Novastar VX4S features DVI, VGA, HDMI, DisplayPort, CVBS and SDI video inputs, alongside four RJ45 outputs, offering the flexibility to drive up to 2.6 million pixels (up to 158 AV3 panels).

Measuring 19.75” x 19.75 x 4” (500 x 500mm x 100mm), the AV3 is advertised as “neatly compact.” Designed both for permanent installations, with minimal space required behind the LED screen, and for touring applications, with multiple fixtures fitting into a single road case. The panels weigh in at 20lbs. (9kg) each.

ADJ has also introduced a brand-new road case specifically designed to store, transport and protect AV3 panels. The heavy-duty AV3FC road case is constructed from 9mm plywood, reinforced with steel ball corners, and fitted with four carry handles and four swivel castors. Inside, the case is divided up into eight sections, each lined with foam and designed specifically to accommodate an AV3 panel.

“With our ground-breaking original LED video panel – the AV6 – introduced in 2015, ADJ shook up the AV world”, says ADJ USA’s National Sales Manager, Alfred Gonzales. “Its unprecedented low price opened up the possibilities of LED video to smaller production companies, churches, clubs, mobile entertainers and many other users. Now, with the introduction of the AV3, we’re offering a high-resolution version that allows for a closer viewing distance. This, combined with impressive brightness and high color contrast, I’m sure is going to make the AV3 just as popular as its predecessor.”

The AV3 is available now from ADJ USA & ADJ Europe. Please contact an authorized ADJ Dealer for AV3 system pricing.